Engineering Manager (Data Platform)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Data Platform): Leading a multidisciplinary data engineering team to build and scale a platform processing billions of payment events across 80+ countries with an accent on high-throughput data systems and AI-first engineering culture. Focus on designing scalable data pipelines, mentoring engineers, and bridging the gap between data consumers and infrastructure.

Location: Remote (Work from anywhere)

Company

hirify.global builds payment infrastructure enabling companies to connect to 300+ payment methods worldwide via a single API.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary data engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and ownership.
• Own the full data lifecycle, including ingestion, transformation, storage, serving, and observability.
• Drive technical contributions through architecture design, code reviews, and complex troubleshooting.
• Champion an AI-first engineering culture by implementing LLM-powered workflows and automated testing.
• Collaborate with Product, Analytics, ML, and Finance teams to deliver against a fast-moving roadmap.
• Translate business priorities into engineering goals, managing trade-offs between speed and technical debt.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing and growing data or software engineering teams, including hiring and coaching.
• Hands-on background in designing data pipelines, data models, and platform architecture at scale.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, with comfort navigating modern data stacks.
• Deep understanding of streaming and batch processing (Kafka, Spark, Flink, Airflow, or equivalent).
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and tools like dbt.
• Professional proficiency in English (written and spoken).

Nice to have

• Experience in the payments or fintech industry.
• Familiarity with real-time analytics and event-driven architectures.
• Exposure to ML platform design or feature store infrastructure.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices applied to data, such as CI/CD for pipelines and infrastructure as code.

Culture & Benefits

• Full remote work flexibility — work from anywhere in the world.
• Competitive compensation and stock options.
• One-time home office bonus and provided work equipment.
• Global health plan regardless of your location.
• Flexible days off and budget for language, professional, and personal growth courses.